As I have mentioned before, Norway is an insular nation. It seems to look inward and cautious with 'outsiders'. Statistics are handled by a company that makes a living selling the data. Of course it needs to protect the resource, but those willing to pay want detail and are presumably professionals within the auto industry. This caution I mentioned earlier means that only the top 10 brands are released. I am sure releasing all brands total sales is not the statistics companies pay for. It wouldn't, therefore, impact on their business. I guess we must be grateful for small mercies. I managed to get the top 20 for this list.
Toyota had a nice growth, but still some way from the summit, Kia, Mazda and Subaru are climbing but Mitsubishi fell into a deep crevasse.
The data below shows rank in 2011, then 2012, brand, total sales, increase/decrease and finally market share.
| 1 | 1 | VW | 20,507 | -2% | 14.9% | |
| 2 | 2 | Toyota | 16,903 | 11% | 12.3% | |
| 4 | 3 | Volvo | 11,550 | -4% | 8.4% | |
| 3 | 4 | Ford | 11,007 | -15% | 8.0% | |
| 8 | 5 | Audi | 8,321 | 13% | 6.0% | |
| 9 | 6 | BMW | 7,325 | 16% | 5.3% | |
| 6 | 7 | Skoda | 6,793 | -11% | 4.9% | |
| 10 | 8 | Nissan | 6,658 | 14% | 4.8% | |
| 7 | 9 | Peugeot | 6,209 | -16% | 4.5% | |
| 13 | 10 | Mercedes | 5,616 | 24% | 4.1% | |
| 11 | 11 | Hyundai | 5,557 | 1% | 4.0% | |
| 16 | 12 | Kia | 4,917 | 88% | 3.6% | |
| 5 | 13 | Mitsubishi | 4,654 | -41% | 3.4% | |
| 12 | 14 | Opel | 3,616 | -23% | 2.6% | |
| 14 | 15 | Citroen | 3,583 | -2% | 2.6% | |
| 17 | 16 | Subaru | 3,559 | 50% | 2.6% | |
| 19 | 17 | Mazda | 2,927 | 66% | 2.1% | |
| 15 | 18 | Suzuki | 2,060 | -33% | 1.5% | |
| 18 | 19 | Honda | 1,731 | -14% | 1.3% | |
| 21 | 20 | MINI | 856 | 5% | 0.6% | |
| Others | 3,618 | |||||
| Total | 137,967 | 0% |
VW retained top spot, but with a reduction in its lead, with both Ford and Peugeot taking a bit of a hammering. Mind you nothing like Mitsubishi, 5th last year and falling off the chart in 2012!
Data Source:
Thanks to OFV.
Picture:
www.netcarshow.com
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